rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 10/08/2026Currently reading “Careless People” and seeing a deluge of people talking about Zuck’s AI for Everyone manifesto feels very ya know… the same exact playbook of social media being for everyone In case the whole hallucinations, data centers, cognitive case studies, etc didn’t already turn you off 🤷 000
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 23/05/2026Begging people to not use google search. duckduckgo, ecosia, or if you don't mind spending I *love* kagi. Started using them years ago and it was night and day even just not having to deal with awful ranking and when ads were only intermixed in search results and not directly at the top. 130
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 10/09/2025I may actually buy an Apple Watch… After reviews confirm those battery claims aren’t lies 🙏 100
Reposted by rythnyxDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 30/07/2025the enshittification of education is underway restofworld.org/2025/colombi...restofworld.orgMeta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing examsWhen Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way. 10651299
Reposted by rythnyxMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/02/2025BREAKING: The mass firing of upwards of 1,800 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including top climate scientists and weather forecasters, has begun. The firings reportedly include workers at the National Weather Service. 21544801796
Reposted by rythnyxCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 25/02/2025In occupied France, people would drop their used matches folded into a V, as a secret sign of resistance. People who opposed the Nazis would see them, knew they weren't alone, & felt emboldened to take action. Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:thewhitepages.netThirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly importantWhy? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side 35958338
Reposted by rythnyxNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19/02/2025BREAKING: The USDA, under DOGE orders, has accidentally fired staff working to combat bird flu. It’s now trying to rehire them. It follows the accidental firing of nuclear safety staff last Friday. And the accidental firing of FAA’s experienced aviation safety staff. Incompetence will be deadly.nbcnews.comUSDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire themIn a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation." 1592451844
Reposted by rythnyxHannes Cools @hannescools.bsky.social · 11/02/2025BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy. Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐 www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social 5322451187
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 06/02/2025me: installs zillow for local home market vibes also me: uninstalls zillow because it’s actually an on-demand depression inducer in disguise 100
Reposted by rythnyxDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/02/2025The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives. 6025161050
Reposted by rythnyxAngela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Headline of the year (so far) From @404media.co404media.coOpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From UsOpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation. 1039794
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 29/01/2025Literally speculated this with my partner and it’s hilarious that they’re actually coming out and going this route 130
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 28/01/2025I’ve recently begun collecting more physical media and am acquiring an interest in audio equipment for a home theater these past few months Is there a secret dlc pack I unlocked or is this just what happens in your 30’s???? Someone please let me know thanks 🙏 010
Reposted by rythnyxAlice Averlong 🏳️⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 08/12/2024My big project: The Death Generator. It's a tool for making fake video game screenshots, just fill in new text and it'll give you a (generally) pixel-accurate image back, the correct fonts and everything. deathgenerator.com 1241220048488
Reposted by rythnyxbig gina @wiredsis.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Not sure if this is wrong or right...but as a tech manager I've never told people what to do. I tell them what the problems might be. Then I walk away. I check in on if they have the support to diagnose and remediate. Eventually, they solve the problem. Turns out this makes for independent thinkers. 8444
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 15/01/2025Late here but wanted to say I LOVED getting this card from @doubledaggerstudio.bsky.social over the holidays. I had a super turbulent Oct-Dec and small things like this can be really special in tough times ❤️ 🐈⬛ Very deep thank you from my family to all of y’all’s. 020
Reposted by rythnyxEmily Amick @emilyinyourphone.bsky.social · 12/01/2025What Zuck doesn’t understand is the masculine energy we want is Stanley Tucci. 111616
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 13/01/2025Damn why did no one tell me accumulating these 4k/Blu-ray/digital code bundles was eventually gonna cost me both kidneys and an unborn child to get even a middle of the pack 4k player and sound system Like holy shit the prices on some of this stuff is bonkers 💀 110
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 08/01/2025In the event you still have friends and family on Facebook, this among other problematic things today are yet another great reason to suggest they leave the platform ideally Or at least cut interactions and only keep it around for photos; whatever they can handle 010
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 10/12/2024I’m always surprised at how easy it is to manage web infra anymore You can hop over to your registrar and setup routing for things so quick it’s crazy Tack on some magic from cool cats like netlify and you can point subdomains all over the place in no time flat 120
Reposted by rythnyxAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 15/10/2024"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog." - Glamorizes hustle culture - Speciest - Was taught to you in elementary school "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow." - Metal as fuck - Implies that you are a wizard - No one will know you are testing out a font 151103513431
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 10/06/2024Had Apple left the AI off at the end here, I would have definitively thought it was an excellent overall set of announcements and actually had a lot of respect for them just utilizing machine learning and remaining hesitant on AI. As long as it’s opt-in though I can appreciate that. 100
Reposted by rythnyxJohanna T 👻 📚 @johannamation.bsky.social · 11/10/2023I’m gonna need this tattooed on the inside of my eyelids 4250271746
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 12/09/2023I’ve only bothered with unity for games jams; but as someone who would like to be making games for a living eventually, there is no way in hell I’m going to continue investing any efforts into it after this Literally will uninstall it from all my computers over lunch and be completely done with it 010
Reposted by rythnyxLandon Noss @landon.wtf · 12/09/2023Who in their right mind would actively choose unity as a choice for their project knowing that at any time they can just rug pull terms and recreate them, and the only way out is by adopting everything unity uses to sell ads. That’s what you’re partnering with, an ad platform, not a game engine. 0112
Reposted by rythnyxHelvetica Blanc @helveticablanc.bsky.social · 09/09/2023Surprise! Powerful computing has a deep hidden cost to our power grid AND our water supply. Fuck AI. Fuck crypto. Fuck planned obsolescence. Fuck the annual push for new hardware and software. The line cannot go up forever, and we are borrowing from the future so fast we may not have one. 2330149
Reposted by rythnyxParis Marx @parismarx.com · 07/09/2023The more data the automakers suck from cars, the better it is for dominant clouds providers like Amazon and Google. They’re making transportation worse with mass data collection and further cementing the power of some of the worst companies in the world.theverge.comBMW expands its deal with Amazon Web Services to include autonomous vehicle dataThe Neue Klasse vehicles will be available in 2025. 35323
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 05/09/2023Aight so Nintendo live was a little bit of a mess but Washington state is gorgeous, can’t wait to come back again 000
Reposted by rythnyxAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 29/08/2023I feel like many people, if asked, would not correctly predict the share of the public believing in global warming and calling it a major problem/crisis being virtually identical across age categories docs.google.com/spreadsheets... 79042
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 04/08/2023Damn people don’t fuck around with these Nintendo live events, they were all booked INSTANTLY 000
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 31/07/2023I am unfortunately in the position of needing to buy a house right now but holy shit (prices aside) why did no one tell me that when you find one you love waiting to hear back if they accepted your offer is just PARALYZING???? 100
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 30/07/2023My first and only petition here is for dim theme to be added before enlon screws the pooch on that in what remains of twitter 000
rythnyx @rythnyx.com · 30/07/2023Anyway, I guess I’m a (in)lucky addition in the last wave of invites 🥴 140
